While the whole universe behind Thermomix is very "Multi level marketing" minded - it is actually an ok cooking help.
For those who do not know Thermomix - it is basically a very efficient blender - with a built in heating element in the "bowl" - with scales as well. The blender knives can turn both ways - and in "reverse" the blades are acting like a stirring mechanism. The Thermomix can be used for sous vide cooking as well.
It can follow multistep recipes using the
Subscription only cookiedoo (£40/year) but lots of recipes are available.
I managed to pick up a broken Thermomix TM6 - but the system board was cracked badly from a "big drop" - so I had it serviced and for once paid for a repair. But still ended up with a machine for 1/2 price of new. The UK repair company was ok - but very very very slow.
But the reason we looked at the Thermomix was we have worked our way through 2 high end blenders over 6 years. All reasonable high end and all with motor failure just a year or so post warranty expiration. Apart from that we have had 4 "spice" grinders kill themselves and melt down over the same 6 years. So 2 warranty replacements = 4 spice grinders dead and now out of warranty.
So we looked at high quality blenders / kitchen gear and could not find any where reviews did not show "Motor failure" after a relative short time.
We had previously discounted Thermomix as one of our friends have one - and they are the "we buy a lot of ready made meals" type - so it kind of took down the "reputation" from our viewpoint.
But now we have had the Thermomix since the 22nd of December. And it is a monster of of a machine. It is very well made. The blender is really good - and we have used it to make spice grinds - and chocolate sprinkles - and the machine did it to A++ - better than most high end spice grinders we have owned.
For Christmas I did the traditional Scandinavian "Rice Porridge" (Porridge Rice boiled with milk - served with cinnamon sugar and butter) - and that is a cooking nightmare as you have to stir constantly for about 45-50 min while boiling to keep the milk from burning. So the rice pudding often turns slightly "muddy" in colour from the slightest milk burn. But this year we had the whitest rice porridge ever
and I hardly did any work at all.
It was so easy we made a 2nd portion from scratch the next day for "Risalamande" (Danish version of Riz à l'amande / Rice Pudding with almonds served with Cherry sauce) (a recipe :
https://nordicfoodliving.com/risalamande-danish-rice-dessert/)
So the Thermomix so far have shown potential. You can make your own recipes now - so yesterday we made our own recipe "Leak and Potato soup" in less than 30 minutes total. The TM6 did 90% of the work either my wife or I do - so as long as things was put in the TM6 in manageable sizes - the TM6 would do the rest of the chopping without turning everything to a pulp. The first try on soup was not 100% but 95% perfect - but a few twists to the recipe and I think it will be as good as " hand made "
The TM6 can do many other things but we have only just started figuring out what it can do.
And while I really detest the "Multilevel marketing" part and subscriptions - I think the TM6 will save both my wife and I hours in cooking time - and taking some of the load of feeding our growing children. We might be a bit " unusual " this day and age as we do 95+% home cooked meals.
But the TM6 will help lower the workload quite a bit.
So if your Kitchen blender is on the fritz - the TM6 could be a "helping hand"
I'm not affiliated with the TM6 sales network - bought my unit broken because I'm a cheapskate and did not want to risk the £1150 price without "evidence" - but the £600 I paid incl. repair and shipping - it has so far been worth it. And there are rarely reports of broken motors where Kenwood and other high end machine brands - seem to have issues with even the most expensive machines they make.
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